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Just a little off-topic, can we talk about gay books for a second? I've been taking advantage of this time before law school to fill up on fun reading, and I just found out about and bought Dan Savage's The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Get Pregnant. Which I'm enjoying. But. It was published in 1999! Where the hell have I been?! What other great queer books have I missed out on?! Please list gay/trans/queer books that you've read and enjoyed so we can all catch up on our gay reading!

I'll start. In addition to the Dan Savage book, I recommend:

As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised As a Girl (John Colapinto)The Last Time I Wore a Dress: A Memoir (Daphne Scholinski)Stone Butch Blues (Leslie Feinberg)Gender Outlaw (Kate Bornstein)

And for what it's worth, I have that dream about realizing too late that I've only been taking half the classes I was supposed to ALL THE TIME! Also lots of dreams about not getting papers in on time. Very scary!

It's not presumptuous at all. It shows interest in the school and perhaps makes you a more desirable candidate. Make sure to call in advance to know if there are guided tours or to make an appointment. I did that with WUSTL and they ended up giving me an impromptu interview with an admissions counselor.

Can you tell us more about how this happened and what you talked about? I want to visit a local reach school soon and I'm nervous about potentially talking with adcomms etc. I'm going to schedule a tour & class sit-in. Beyond that, should I just stop by the admissions office and introduce myself? Should I say I have questions & try to get an interview, or is that too much? Also - dress pants or nice jeans? Want to make a great impression!

So they send the acceptance priority, right? And they can't possibly be sending rejections priority, do you think? So here's my theory: the more days that go by without a decision in the mailbox, the greater the chances that it's a rejection.

My acceptance came via normal mail. Big envelope with a 39 cent and a 1 cent stamp on it.

yup

Ack, forgive me! I thought they sent em priority! Just stirring up controversy and worry, I'm so sorry!!!!! Can I mention I had a dream last night that I got not one but *three* acceptance packages from UMich? Thus we're all getting in. Forgiven?

Thanks guys!! Mail comes at 4pm, so five more hours. And just 29 more hours until tomorrow's mail . . .

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I'm church browsing at the moment because I grew up in rather conservative christian congregations and i'm looking for a new church... I heard that the United Church of Christ is a good one for Christians.... thoughts?

Can't help you there, I'm a real live fire-breathing heathen. All I know is Unitarians are supposed to be rad. Good luck!

So they send the acceptance priority, right? And they can't possibly be sending rejections priority, do you think? So here's my theory: the more days that go by without a decision in the mailbox, the greater the chances that it's a rejection.